Crash Record VA0253650222

FMCSA crash record in ROANOKE on Dec 7, 2025.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On December 7, 2025, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in ROANOKE, Virginia. The vehicle was operated by HOT-Z FOOD MARTS INC (USDOT 381200). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by HOT-Z FOOD MARTS INC, FMCSA reference VA0253650222.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 6 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 51–500 power units.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
2
Carrier
HOT-Z FOOD MARTS INC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
6
2 injury · 5 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
5.7
3 crashes · 53 units
Days since prior carrier crash
230
Last on Apr 21, 2025
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,773 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within ROANOKE, Virginia, 16 other commercial vehicle crashes have been recorded in the past 24 months.

Agencies most active in this area:

Contributing factors

What the responding officer recorded.

Light
1
Weather
1
Road surface
1

Conditions are mixed. The data does not assign causation; this section reports only what was recorded by the responding officer.

Crash details

Key facts from the FMCSA crash record.

Report #:
VA0253650222
Date:
Dec 7, 2025
Time:
1020
State:
Virginia
City:
ROANOKE
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
2

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 9 4 3AKJHLDV7JSJY5617 53028PZ (VA) HOT-Z FOOD MARTS INC 3 Yes

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT

Other crashes by this carrier

10 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_4931847 Apr 21, 2025 NC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4894333 Feb 17, 2025 VA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4781762 Jul 22, 2024 VA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4787377 Jul 3, 2024 GA Injury 0 1
cr_4686551 Jan 19, 2024 VA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4616580 Sep 8, 2023 NC Injury 0 1
cr_4555859 May 3, 2023 SC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4532513 Feb 17, 2023 GA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4471154 Dec 8, 2022 NC Injury 0 1
cr_4486032 Oct 24, 2022 GA Injury 0 1

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